Carl and Kenya Stevens have been happily married for 22 years, with over half of their relationship opened to having multiple lovers.

The couple from Asheville, North Carolina, quite literally practices what they preach by sharing their relationship, which has been the model for their coaching business, a ‘love academy’ called JuJuMama.

Carl, 46, and Kenya, 42, invited Barcroft TV to their modern love therapy sessions to get the inside scoop on what it’s like living as a polyamorous couple - in and out of the bedroom.

Kenya told Barcroft TV: “Carl and I have been open for 12 years. We enjoy it so much that we support other people coming into this lifestyle.

“We deal with every kind of problem, from people cheating on their spouse, people who want to open their relationship and people who want to learn how to relate to one person."

"Opening our marriage to polyamory has made our marriage stronger because we can actually tell the truth.”

Carl agrees: “We are very open and honest with each other.

For the first time in our lives I felt like we were able to be completely transparent on all levels.”

The duo actively looks for multiple partners on Tinder and openminded.com, and have even had each other’s lovers living in the family home.

Kenya revealed: “Carl’s girlfriends are interesting.

I get along with his partners who have so much common sense they don’t try to push me out of my place, but for the others it is more challenging."

Carl said: “In terms of Kenya’s partners, I tend to always get along with them.

We are not buddy buddy all the time, but I do get along with them. I think she picks really good guys.”

Kenya added: “I meet most of my guys on Tinder.

Most of the men I date are younger, why not? My husband is older than me so I already have an older guy. I need a younger man.

“I don’t put a limit on the number of partnerships I have.

I have partners here in Asheville, I have partners in other cities.

I have my husband.

I don’t know how many partners I have.

“I used to feel like just a mother and a wife.

Like my fun, my magnetism, my sensual energy was depleting.

Now I feel like I’m a mother, I’m a wife and I’m a lover - I’m a goddess!

“When Carl and I have sex it’s very healing, it’s very energizing.

But when I have sex with a new partner it’s like fireworks and craziness.

It’s just two different things.

"I need them both, as a married woman of 22 years and to be able to have them is great."

Carl and Kenya believe in the lifestyle so much that they have turned it into their livelihood - by launching a “love academy” and becoming relationship coaches that teach people all over the world about polyamory

Kenya said: “What we do in the love academy is educate people in what we call the new paradigm of love."

One of their regular clients is a poly ‘triple’ Luna, 25, and her partners Mason, 32, and 32-year-old Taylor.

Sex coach Luna and graphic designer Mason live together - but Luna also has an intimate relationship with Mason’s close friend Taylor.

Luna said: "Mason and I met in a grocery store and I immediately had a crush on him.

Our relationship took off really organically.

"I knew Taylor before I knew Mason, we were just friends.

I didn’t see him in a romantic way at all and he became one of my best friends whilst I was dating Mason.

“It just naturally happened and we were like, ‘Woah we have feelings!’”

Mason admits: “That was the hardest part. It got really real at that point.

“What happens if I can’t handle it? This whole thing is an experiment.”

Initially, Luna and Mason visited the love coaches for advice on how to open their relationship and how to handle jealously and insecurity.

Over time, Taylor has joined the sessions to overcome his emotions towards Luna.

Kenya explained: “Luna and Mason first came to see us because they had no idea how to have an open relationship, yet they found themselves in one."

“I think Luna was concerned that if she were to be honest about her feelings, that it might make one of her boyfriends become distant,” added Carl.

With the help of JuJuMama Love Academy, the threesome drew up a contract to establish everyone’s role in the relationship - with Mason being Luna’s ‘primary partner’ and Taylor as her secondary.

With the world of polyamory becoming increasingly more mainstream, Carl and Kenya believe it’s for the best.

Kenya claims: “What is the future of love? The future of love is community.